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A deadly shooting incident has killed at least person in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, leaving at least five others injured, according to Israeli police. The attack, which targeted …

Saudi Arabia has executed 47 “terrorists”, according to the interior ministry, including Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr and al-Qaeda-affiliated Faris Bin Shweil . In a press release read on state TV …

Bento Rodrigues, Brazil – Bricklayer Wallison Henrique de Souza, 28, always dreamed of owning his own home. In three years, he spent about $10,000 to build a small one-storey house …

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by Joe Sexton Understood broadly, jury duty is an honor and privilege. Experienced daily, it can feel like a pain in the neck – the hours spent waiting, the complications …

by Cezary Podkul In our story last month about credit rating agencies and tobacco bonds, we detailed numerous instances in which bankers pressured Standard & Poor’s, Fitch and Moody’s to …

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by Abbie Nehring , Sisi Wei and Lena Groeger At least 50 Americans have been seriously injured, maimed or killed by flashbangs since 2000. Here are their stories.

by Sara Afzal .player_box { display: none; } As Anita Chanko watched ABC’s medical docu-series “NY Med,” the shock and outrage set in: she recognized the blurred out image of …

by Amanda Zamora The Florida sex crime sting-and-switch. WTSP reports a pattern of police misconduct in its ongoing investigation of sex sting operations in Tampa Bay. In some cases, men …

by Justin Elliott and Jesse Eisinger Citing an investigation by ProPublica and NPR, Sen. Charles Grassley is asking the American Red Cross to explain more clearly how it uses public …

by Michael Grabell A state judge has ordered the New York City Police Department to release records on a secretive program that uses unmarked vans equipped with X-ray machines to …

by Heather Vogell Schools in Massachusetts will be subject to new limits on physically restraining or isolating public school students under reforms ushered in late last year. School staff members …

by Lena Groeger , Ryann Grochowski Jones , Charles Ornstein and Mike Tigas Beginning in 2014, the federal government mandated that pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers publicly report payments made …

by Charles Ornstein and Ryann Grochowski Jones This story was co-published with the New York Times’ The Upshot. For more than five decades, the blood thinner Coumadin was the only …